Gear for wagons



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M. C. HALL.

RUNNING GEAR POR WAGONS.

No. 372,907. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

UNITED STATES erica.

PATENT IMIOHAELO. HALL, OF OHARLOTTEVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL KERR FERGUSON, OF SIMOOE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RUNNING-GEAR FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,907, dated November 8, 1887.

Application tiled June 16, 1887. Serial No. 241,503. -(No model.) Patented in Canada May 7, 1887, No. 26,650.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL O. HALL, a subject'of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at the township of Oharlottev ille, in the county of Norfolk, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Running-Gear for Wagons and other Vehicles, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in the Dominion of Canada, No. 26,650, bearing date May 7, 1887;) and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use theV same.

My invention has relation to improvements in ru lining-gear for wagons and other vehicles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts,as will be hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 iS a axle, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, for a purpose hereinafter' explained.

The letters B B denote cl'1ain;1'eaches at-v tached to and extending diagonally across from the inner bearings of the coupling-plates b o f the front axle to the inner bearings of the coupling-plates b of the rear axle.

C C represent bolsters which swivel on the axles.

The letter C2 designates the adjustable coupling-pole, inade'in sections, as shown, each one of said sections being connected to the bolsters.

E E are braces, which are secured at their outer ends to the bolsters and axles by means of bolts c c and nuts c2 c2. The inner ends of these braces are secured .to the couplingpole C'Z by bolts and nuts, as shown.

D D' represent Iplates made in circular or ring shape. As h ere represented, these plates construction and arrangement ofthe plates, in

connection with the reaches B B', when in. op-

eration to turn the axles, also prevent tipping or canting of the wheels. lIhe holsters O O are provided with suitablestandards, G G', whereby the body of the running-gear inay be securely held on said holsters. To the under side of the coupling Gis secured a hanger, I, in which the crossed body portions of the chains are connected. By this arrangement the chains are prevented from sagging and more readily keeps the chains in proper position to perform the turning of the axles. .f

Iwish it to be understood that the couplingpole C and chain-reaches B B can be dispensed with, and rods provided with hook ends can be substituted therefor and connected to the bearings of the couplings b b.

H represents a tongue or pole, having at its inner end a cross-bar,'H, and, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, this tongue or pole is made T shape. The pole is further provided with a rod, 71., which passes through the lower inner end of the pole and through the crossbar H', with its ends 7L detachably connected to the outer bearings of the couplings b.l This pole can be transferred to the outer bearings of the couplings b ofthe rear axle.

' When it is desired to bring the axles closer to one another, the coupling-pole can be adjusted by changing the bolts thereof from one perforation to another, and the reaches can be 2. The combination, with the axles having H, having cross-bar H', of the rod h, passing couplings b b', provided with inner and outer through the body of the pole, and also through bearings, the bolstersCC, adjustablecouplingthe ends of the crossbm, and having connect- 15 pole C2, having hanger I, the reaches B B', ing ends h', as shown and described, and for 5 crossed at their centers and connected to the the purpose set forth.

hanger, with their ends attached to the inner In testimony whereof I afix my signature in bearings of the couplings c c, the braces E E', presence of two Witnesses.

connecting the axles holsters and eouplinr- A pole together by bolts, and nuts), of the circulzr MICHAEL C HALL' Io plates or ringsDD, connected to the coupling- \Vitnesses:

pole, as shown and described. FRANK REID,

3. The combination, with the Tshaped pole JOHN W. RYERsoN. 

